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' A. 'L.'HILL. HOG RINGING IMPLEMENT.

Patented July 5, 1881 uii-arzi/y I. PETERS. momymn m mr. Washington. ac.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW L. HILL, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND E.

A. JONES, OF SAME PLACE. I

HOG-RINGING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,895, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed June 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. HILL, of Decatur, in the county of Maconand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hog-Ringing Implements;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked IO thereon, which form part ofthis specification,

and in which- V Figure 1 shows the device opened. Fig. 2 shows itclosed. Fig. 3 shows the ring open and closed, and Fig. 4 shows itapplied to the [5 snout of a hog. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view ofthe jaws.

The object of my invention is to provide an efficient means for ringinghog-snouts to prevent them from rooting, and one that will be rapid andeasy in its application and to these ends it consists in the peculiarconstruction of the pinchers, whereby a piece of sheet metal may beforced through the snout, and at the same time turned or bent to form asmall cylinder.

It has been heretofore customary to ring the snouts of hogs with wire,but the difficulty experienced with this method is that the wire ringsoon pulls out or breaks, without even leaving the snout in a conditionto prevent the hog from rooting as well as though it had never beenringed. By using a piece of sheet metal of suitable width in the placeof wire I completely obviate these defects, as the slot through thesnout is of such length that even in the event of the cylinder becomingdetached, which is very difficult to do, yet the snout will be deprivedof its natural stifi'ness or rigidity.

To enable others skilled in the art to make 40 and use my invention, Iwill now describe it more fully.

A represents the pinchers, constructed with widened jaws curved towardeach other. The

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upperjaw, a, is edged, while the lower one, a,

is flattened on its face to give a suitable bear- 4 5 ing-surfaceagainst which to cut. The lower jaw is shouldered or notched, as seen atI), just under the inner portion of its lip or flattened surface, sothat when the piece of sheetmetal B is inserted, as seen in Fig.1, itwill be firmly held in place, and the iuner portion of the lip of thejawa, just over the notch b, is beveled, as seen ate in Fig. 5, in orderthat when the free end of the sheet-metal ring B comes around it will beturned slightly inward and slip easily past its stationary end. Thewidth of the jaws should be about half an inch, more or less.

The operation of my device is as follows: The sheet-metal pieces beingslightly curved at their ends, one is properly inserted between thejaws. When the handles of the pinchers are closed the sharpened edge ofjaw a will cut the snout about half through, at which point the uppercurved end of the metal plate B will overtake the cutter and be forcedthrough the snout, overlapping its lower end, forming an inclosedcylinder, whose overlapping portion is on the outer lower side of thesnout. The operation being completed it is continued in like manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described implement for ringing hogs snouts, consisting ofthe pinchers A, having the cutting-jaw cand the anvil-jaw a, the latterprovided with notch 11 and beveled edge 0, all substantially as hereindescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW L. HILL. Witnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, W. R. KEYwoE'rH.

